Open Access Journal: The Prehistoric Society: Book Reviews

[First posted in AWOL 30 November 2009. Updated 15 February 2012]

The Prehistoric Society: Book Reviews

The Prehistoric Society's interests are world wide and extend from the earliest human origins to the emergence of written records. The Society promotes prehistoric research; facilitates access to the results of this research; and recognises excellence, through its Awards and Grants. It also acts as an important advocate for prehistoric archaeology

We are migrating Book Reviews over from the old site. Whilst we carry this work out previous Book Reviews can still be accessed via our previous website

Archaeological Landscapes of east London

I Howell, D Swift, B Watson with J Cotton and P Greenwood

Reviewed by Jane Sidell , English Heritage (January 2012)

Stone Axe Studies, Volume III

Edited by Vin Davis and Mark Edmonds

Reviewed by Pete Topping , English Heritage (January 2012)

Winds of Change. The Living Landscapes of Hirta, St Kilda

Jill Harden & Olivia LeLong

Reviewed by Niall Sharples , University of Cardiff (January 2012)

Archaeology of the Origin of the State: the Theories

Vincente Lull and Rafael Micó, translated by Peter Smith

Reviewed by Timothy Earle , Northwestern University, USA (December 2011)

Trevelgue Head, Cornwall: the importance of CK Croft Andrew’s 1939 excavations for prehistoric

Jacqueline A Nowakowski and Henrietta Quinnell

Reviewed by Cynthia Poole , Oxford Archaeology (December 2011)

Great Crowns of Stone: The Recumbent Stone Circles of Scotland

Adam Welfare

Reviewed by Richard Bradley , Department of Archaeology, University of Reading (December 2011)

Past Times Changing Fortunes.  Archaeology & the National Roads Authority Monograph Series   No. 8

Eds S Conran, E Danaher and M Stanley

In the Lowlands of S Galway. Archaeological Excavations on the N18 Oranmore to Gort National Road

F Delaney and J Tierney

Reviewed by Alex Gibson , University of Bradford (December 2011)

Gathering Time: Dating the Early Neolithic Enclosures of Southern Britain and Ireland

Alasdair Whittle, Frances Healy and Alex Bayliss

Reviewed by Pete Topping , English Heritage (November 2011)

Iron Age Myth and Materiality: an Archaeology of Scandinavia AD 400-1000

Lotte Hedeager

Reviewed by Adrian M Chadwick , John Moore Heritage Services, Oxford (November 2011)

The Lands of Ancient Lothian: Interpreting the Archaeology of the A1

O Lelong and G MacGregor

Cist burials and an Iron Age settlement at Dryburn Bridge, Innerwick, East Lothian

A Dunwell

The Traprain Law Environs project: fieldwork and excavation 2000-2004

C Haselgrove

Reviewed by Niall Sharples , University of Cardiff (October 2011)

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Open Access Journal: Богословские труды

Богословские труды: Научно-богословский журнал РПЦ, выпускаемый Издательcтвом Московской Патриархии

Сборник «Богословские труды» является ежегодным центральным научно-богословским рецензируемым изданием Русской Православной Церкви, объединяющим под своей обложкой труды отечественных и зарубежных ученых из различных церковных и светских институций. Издается с 1960 года.
Тематическое разнообразие материалов, представленных на страницах «Богословских трудов», весьма велико: здесь печатаются работы по вопросам догматического богословия и патристики, церковной истории, литургики, агиографии, канонического права, библеистики и другим церковно-историческим дисциплинам.
«Богословские труды» издаются по благословению Святейшего Патриарха Московского и всея Руси КИРИЛЛА.
Председателем редакционной коллегии Сборника является митрополит Минский и Слуцкий ФИЛАРЕТ, Патриарший Экзарх всея Беларуси.
Ответственный редактор: Е. С. Полищук.
Научные редакторы: М. М. Бернацкий, А. Г. Дунаев.


В разделе «Архив» редакция БТ планирует со временем разместить полный комплект журнала, начиная с 1-го выпуска. На настоящий момент для загрузки доступны следующие выпуски:

ВЫПУСК 42 (2009)	ВЫПУСК 41 (2007)	ВЫПУСК 40 (2005)
ВЫПУСК 39 (2004)	ВЫПУСК 38 (2003)	ВЫПУСК 7 (1971)
ВЫПУСК 6 (1971)

 

List of Open Access Journals in Ancient Studies

CDLI News: Middle Assyrian texts in Berlin

Middle Assyrian texts in Berlin

We invite scholars interested in the Middle Assyrian period to check out the online files of the CDLI at <http://tinyurl.com/7bzpnm2>. Of the 2622 text artifacts entered to our database, 1875 are housed in Berlin's Vorderasiatisches Museum (<http://cdli.ucla.edu/collections/vam/vam_de.html> with <http://tinyurl.com/7dkvd6z>). The most recent Middle Assyrian digitization work by Max Planck Institute for the History of Science postdoctoral researcher Ludek Vacin, in collaboration with VAM Chief Curator Joachim Marzahn and supported by UCLA staff, may be viewed  at <http://tinyurl.com/7fx6o2m> (for all recently posted VAM images see <http://tinyurl.com/84eobuh>), including our first full image of the famous Middle Assyrian Laws (VAT 10,000 = KAV 1) at <http://www.cdli.ucla.edu/P281779>. We need no reminders that this latter image provides insufficient quality for the tablet's convex reverse surface; thus it, and a set of other high-profile tablets, as well as all tablet seal impressions in the Berlin collection, will be among those planned for special high-resolution imaging in a renewed effort to create and disseminate research-quality digital facsimiles of the VAM collection. We take this opportunity to appeal for the submission to us of Middle Assyrian text transliterations for CDLI ATF conversion and posting to their respective CDLI addresses, credited, per our standing policy, to the specialists who created the original files.

Bob Englund

Los Angeles

Achim Marzahn

Berlin

Göteborg Dissertation Online: The birds in the Iliad

The birds in the Iliad. Identities, interactions and functions, by Karin Johansson

Title:	The birds in the Iliad. Identities, interactions and functions
Authors:	Johansson, Karin
Issue Date:	4-Jan-2012
University:	Göteborgs universitet. Humanistiska fakulteten University of Gothenburg. Faculty of Arts
Department:	Department of Historical Studies ; Institutionen för historiska studier
Date for public defence:	2012-01-28
Public defence:	Lördagen den 28 januari 2012, kl. 10.00, Lilla Hörsalen, Humanisten, Renströmsgatan 6, Göteborg
Examinationsnivå:	Doctor of Philosophy
Publication type:	Doctoral thesis
Series/Report no.:	GOTHENBURG STUDIES IN HISTORY 2
Keywords:	ancient ornithology, birds, bird symbolism, divination, double motivation, divine intervention, Homer's Iliad, identity, messenger, metaphorical utterances, oral tradition, parallelism, semiotics, species interactions, transformation, transmitter, Trojan war
Abstract:	As the topic of this study embraces and entwines what is routinely divided into two separate categories, “nature” and “culture”, the birds in the Iliad challenge modern scientific division and in some ways, our thinking. They are simultaneously birds, signs and symbols. The investigation aims at determining the various species of the birds in the Iliad as far as this is possible with the help of ornithological methods and tries through semiotics and hermeneutics to ascertain the symbolic ... more
ISBN:	978-91-7346-712-4
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/2077/28033

Other recent online Göteborg Doctoral Theses / Doktorsavhandlingar Institutionen för historiska studier relating to antiquity include:

18-Nov-2011

ATHENIAN POTTERY AND CYPRIOTE PREFERENCES

Eriksson, Niki

Text

Doctor of Philosophy

GOTARC Series B; No 57

12-Jan-2011

Gaming in Mohenjo-daro – an Archaeology of Unities

Rogersdotter, Elke

Text

Doctor of Philosophy

GOTARC B; 55

29-Oct-2010

The crown of Arsinoë II. The creation and development of an imagery of authority

Nilsson, Maria

Text

Doctor of Philosophy

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2010

In search of Dionysos. Reassessing a Dionysian context in early Rome

Håkansson, Carina

Text

Doctor of Philosophy

Gothenburg Studies in History; 1

Call for responses to survey on archaeological conservation needs

 Call for responses to survey on archaeological conservation needs:

If you direct an archaeological field project, please assist us by taking this brief online survey. The survey is designed to gather information about archaeologists’ engagement with conservation and identify areas in which the conservation community can improve. We would appreciate your participation whether or not you have used the services of a professional conservator, and we hope to have responses from a broad range of archaeologists working on different types of sites, both terrestrial and underwater.

•         The survey is primarily multiple-choice and takes approximately 5 minutes to complete. Your response will be anonymous unless you choose to provide contact information. If you do give us your name, your contact information and survey responses will be kept confidential and only discussed without attribution.

•         The survey results will be shared with both the archaeological and conservation communities.

•         The survey will be active for three weeks, until the 19th February 2012. If you know other directors who are good candidates for this survey, please forward the link.

Survey link: http://umichlsa.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_5sWNz6StWlxY4FC

Suzanne Davis and Claudia Chemello

Conservators

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

University of Michigan

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Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Open Access Journal: Bysantinska sällskapet Bulletin

Bysantinska sällskapet Bulletin

Nr 20 (2002)

Nr 21 (2003)

Nr 22 (2004)

Nr 23 (2005)

 

 

List  of Open Access Journals in Ancient Studies

Open Access Journal: ΙΜΕρος - IMEros

ΙΜΕρος - IMEros

Το περιοδικό ΙΜΕρος αποτελεί ετήσια επιστημονική έκδοση του Ιδρύματος Μείζονος Ελληνισμού. Στόχος του είναι να προβάλει το θεωρητικό και επιστημονικό υπόβαθρο των προγραμμάτων που υλοποιούνται στο ΙΜΕ, καθώς και να ενισχύσει τα ιδιαίτερα επιστημονικά ενδιαφέροντα των μελών του. Με δεδομένη την παρουσία ποικίλων ειδικοτήτων στο ΙΜΕ, το περιοδικό ενδιαφέρεται να αποτυπώσει αυτή την ποικιλομορφία και να λάβει ενεργά μέρος στη θεωρητική μελέτη προβλημάτων που ανακύπτουν από την αλληλεπίδραση των ανθρωπιστικών επιστημών (κυρίως της αρχαιολογίας, της ιστορίας και της μουσειολογίας) με τα πολυμέσα και με τις νέες τεχνολογίες (κυρίως Διαδίκτυο, ηλεκτρονικές εκδόσεις, τρισδιάστατες αναπαραστάσεις και εικονική πραγματικότητα). Κατά συνέπεια, τα γνωστικά πεδία που προτίθεται να συμπεριλαμβάνει στην ύλη του είναι:

• η θεωρητική προσέγγιση της πολιτισμικής πληροφορίας ως αντικειμένου ηλεκτρονικής ανάπτυξης και διάδοσης
• τα πρακτικά ζητήματα εφαρμογής, οπτικοποίησης και ανασύστασης της πολιτισμικής πληροφορίας
• οι ιδιαιτερότητες των εκπαιδευτικών και μουσειολογικών ηλεκτρονικών εφαρμογών που σχετίζονται με την πολιτισμική πληροφορία.

The IMEros journal is an annual publication produced by the Foundation of the Hellenic World (FHW). Its aim is twofold: to stimulate the theoretical study of the problems and opportunities arising from the interaction between the humanities (mainly archaeology, history and museology) with multimedia and the new technologies (primarily the Internet, electronic publishing, 3D representations and virtual reality); and, by expressing the issues, propositions and concerns that such debate engenders, to highlight the theoretical and scientific basis of the projects realised at FHW and to support the special scientific and academic interests of its staff.

Issue 1 / 2001

Issue 2 / 2002

Issue 3 / 2003

Issue 4 / 2004

Issue 5.1 / 2005

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